Commissioner reveals plans to foil child exploitation by criminal gangs as figures show half of homicides in the bloc are now drug-related
Children exploited by drug gangs face the same plight as child soldiers forced into killing and maiming people for criminals and cartels, the EU has said, as it launched a series of initiatives to crack down on cocaine smuggling.
The European commissioner for home affairs, Ylva Johansson, said young people were becoming caught up in an increasingly booming and brutal trade that was one of Europe’s biggest security threats.
